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December 2012

December 03, 2012

The Pope Gets a Twitter Account…

and roughly 264,000+ people(and climbing) join TMIMITW and say, "I will follow." Sing it fellas!...

December 03, 2012

Climb Aboard the Advent Conspiracy Bandwagon

I fully support, and approve of, the following message. Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Because of Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) UPDATED

This was written three years ago by my (then) blogging partner, Webster Bull. Given all...

November 26, 2012

For Thoughts On Lectio Divina Prompted by An Interview With Daniel Day-Lewis

On my commute home the other day, I heard an interview on the radio that...

November 25, 2012

Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon

Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...

November 21, 2012

About The Palestinian Christians in Gaza…UPDATED

See the photograph above? There are about 10,000 Christians who live in Gaza, you know....

November 21, 2012

From T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

T.S. Eliot has been lauded in this space before. You see, he moved on...

November 20, 2012

Because Takashi Nagai Could Give Such A Speech

The other day, I posted about a film being made about the life of Dr. Takashi...

November 19, 2012

Federal Judge Upholds Santa Monica’s Decision, So Palisades Park Goes Naked This Year UPDATED

It's basically the scorched earth policy of tolerance, as the Santa Monica City Council banned...

November 19, 2012

Best.Beer.Commercial.Ever.

Stella Artois with a passel of ice-skating priests. They send the novice on a beer...

November 19, 2012

The Crowd Favorite at the Sci-Fi Air Show

I admit it. I love airshows. I snapped the photograph below when we went to...

November 16, 2012

World Order Does It Again

I've sung the praises of the Genki Sudo's performance art group World Order in this...

November 16, 2012

Help Me Make This Movie…Redux!

This is your cub film producer with a short post to pass the hat around...

November 15, 2012

Your Favorite Film Producer Is $5.00 Short…

What's that? You forgot that I was your favorite film producer? Say it ain't so,...

November 14, 2012

Because “It’s like in the Great Stories, Mr. Frodo…”

Back in the beginning, all of the titles for posts answered the statement of the...

November 14, 2012

Cardinal Dolan, “We’re not violating our consciences.”

Regarding the HHS Mandate, Rachel Zoll reports from Baltimore, A top American bishop said Tuesday...

November 14, 2012

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Douai College

A few days back, we learned about the Bond family and their recusant Catholic past....

November 13, 2012

Dennis Miller’s Observation…

Lena Dunham was voted Glamour Magazine's "Woman of the Year". Just try to imagine how...

November 12, 2012

Quote of the Week from Cardinal Dolan

The premier answer to the question "What's wrong with the world?" "what's wrong with the...

November 12, 2012

Speaking of Secret Agents, Here is Your Mission for Today

If you choose to accept it. It's simple. Go "like" the Patheos Catholic Portals' Facebook...

November 12, 2012

For His Majesty’s Secret Service: Agent Henry Morse, SJ

About a week ago, I reported that the world thought the Vatican got all starry-eyed...

November 11, 2012

On the Commemoration of Veteran’s Day…

Back to back secular feast days Frank? What gives? Not what, but who. I've been reading...

November 06, 2012

Scariest Political Movie I Ever Saw…

You may have seen it too. No, it wasn't Bob Roberts, nor was it The...

November 04, 2012

News Flash: Dead Chinese Jesuit Befriends Catholic Blogger

You may remember my friend named Wu Li, SJ. I introduced him to you in...

November 03, 2012

Archbishop Chaput on the Politics of Secularism

In the combox this morning on the post on the new educational website launched by...

November 02, 2012

I Approve of the Following Message. Do You?

Protect our First Freedom, America. It's what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would want us...

November 02, 2012

The Whole World Says the Vatican is GaGa over James Bond UPDATED

Really. According to every news organ on the planet, the movie is blessed by His...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween…

...from me and Johann Sebastian Bach. Bela Lugosi says have a safe one too. While...

October 30, 2012

A Conference for Young Adult Ministers to Meet at Disney World…

There seems to be a huge gap in the Church in America. It can be...

October 27, 2012

Words in the Catechism that Joe Six-Pack Would Change, #57

Here it is, Day 17 of Flocknotes' Read the Catechism in a Year and I...